Bill Morgan is an American writer, editor and painter, best known for his work as an archivist and bibliographer for public figures such as Allen Ginsberg Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Abbie Hoffman, and Timothy Leary.
For his master's degree thesis, he compiled a bibliography of the works of Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the poet and owner of City Lights Books, the famous San Francisco bookstore.
[2] After finishing his thesis, Morgan was encouraged by the editors at the University of Pittsburgh Press to pursue this project with a view toward eventual publication.
While he was still working on the Ferlinghetti book, the poet had referred him to Ginsberg, whose own personal library and archive were invaluable sources of information on the Beats.
He found it increasingly difficult to maintain these very large and valuable collections in his New York apartment and reluctantly decided to part with them.